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Ed Rollins Remerges as Trump Backer, Strategist
Newsmax.com ^

Posted on 05/04/2016 10:24:37 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Seasoned Republican operative Ed Rollins is making his debut in Donald Trump's presidential bid.

Rollins, who was Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign manager, spoke on a conference call Wednesday with supporters of Great America, a super PAC that backs Trump. Rollins has signed on as a strategist for the group.

Rollins says the super PAC aims to help offset what he sees as a huge financial advantage for likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. "They're licking their chops," Rollins says of Clinton's team. "They think they're going to win this thing."

Great America will likely conduct polls, collect opposition research and run television ads in the lead-up to Election Day, Rollins says. First, though, the group must raise money: As of the end of March, it was almost $700,000 in debt, fundraising documents show.

Ben Carson, a prominent Trump ally, also spoke on the call - a signal that the billionaire businessman is more accepting of outside help from groups that during the primary contest he had called "corrupt."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; coreylewandowski; election2016; gope; newyork; paulmanafort; presidentdonaldtrump; putz; rollins; ronaldreagan; trump; uniparty
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1 posted on 05/04/2016 10:24:37 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

It’s a trap.


2 posted on 05/04/2016 10:25:47 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: RoosterRedux

Not good. He never lasts and he tells all the secrets. Plus, he hasn’t won anything since the 70s.


3 posted on 05/04/2016 10:26:42 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; RitaOK; Black Agnes; nopardons; PennsylvaniaMom; Fai Mao; ...

Ping


4 posted on 05/04/2016 10:27:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: miss marmelstein

The way I read the short article was that he was joining the Great America PAC, not the campaign.


5 posted on 05/04/2016 10:27:59 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Rollins, who was Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign manager...

1984 was thirty-one years ago.

6 posted on 05/04/2016 10:28:20 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump doesn’t need a PAC.

But the party does.


7 posted on 05/04/2016 10:28:25 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: miss marmelstein
... on the plus side, however: he isn't Karl Rove. ;)
8 posted on 05/04/2016 10:29:08 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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To: RoosterRedux

Sigh...what happens when you only read the headline. Typical freeper move!


9 posted on 05/04/2016 10:29:10 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: RoosterRedux

Not everyone lining up to hump Trumps leg is friendly. These idiots don’t understand Trump runs a real tight family business empire. They know who to trust outside the circle and how to keep outsiders on short leashes.


10 posted on 05/04/2016 10:29:36 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ifinnegan

Roger Stone just called it a total fraud.


11 posted on 05/04/2016 10:30:38 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Heheh. I do it all the time.;-)


12 posted on 05/04/2016 10:30:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Rollins is an untouchable.

Trump would do well to keep him at a distance.


13 posted on 05/04/2016 10:31:12 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: RoosterRedux
From 2011:

Michele Bachmann's New Strategist Ed Rollins Blasts Sarah Palin As Being "Not Serious"


14 posted on 05/04/2016 10:31:27 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: RoosterRedux

We’re entitled to do it!


15 posted on 05/04/2016 10:32:42 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m a regular viewer of Lou Dobbs program. Rollins has been on a couple of times a week for the last several months and has been pretty spot on in his analysis of the race and has been generally positive towards Trump.

Lou Dobbs has been pro Trump from the get go.


16 posted on 05/04/2016 10:35:20 AM PDT by hirn_man
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To: Bratch

Thanks for that.


17 posted on 05/04/2016 10:36:40 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: RoosterRedux

Didn’t Trump threaten to sue the PAC for using his image?


18 posted on 05/04/2016 10:38:42 AM PDT by RedWulf
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To: hirn_man

Yes Lou & Ed are a refreshing offset for much of the silliness in the media. They also really care about America!


19 posted on 05/04/2016 10:40:55 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: RoosterRedux

Rollins is nothing but bad news. If I were DT I wouldn’t allow him to put his name on anything associated with the campaign, PAC or otherwise.


20 posted on 05/04/2016 10:41:39 AM PDT by Bulldaddy
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